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Blithe Spirit is almost as much of a repertory item as Arsenic and Old Lace, so nothing need be said about it. This production is no better, but certainly no worse than any amateur effort is liable to be. The scenery is unobtrusive, and although the lighting is the same for night and day, the general stage impression is a pleasant...
Spokesman Cooke, famed for his BBC broadcasts from the U.S., strolls from experience to experience, doing his urbane best to lace a heterogeneous program together. Once minor production flaws are cleared up, Omnibus should be one of the smoothest, most informative shows in television. This week's second production gave proof of the hope. The bill was tighter, better edited and smaller. There were fewer features, including Menotti's miniature opera, The Telephone, and the first of a five-part Abraham Lincoln story written by James (The Quiet One) Agee and directed by Documentary Producer Louis de Rochemont...
Also, a triple orchid corsage from Sage's florists; nylon stockings from the Touraine shop; a box of Fanny Farmer chocolates; and a genuine Harvard lace garter from Bermorr...
Herblock admits to their "needling nature." But, he appropriately points out "Cartoons don't make up into lace valentines very well and they're not supposed to. That's not their function...
Lana, in Technicolor, makes a fetching widow in an assortment of black lace undies. Lamas leaps about energetically and sings five tuneful Lehar songs, including Girls, Girls, Girls, Villa, and I'm Going to Maxim's. There are gypsy dances, a Parisian can-can and a lavish Merry Widow waltz, as well as a good deal of hand kissing, heel clicking, flower tossing, serenades under balconies and debauchery at Maxim's with Lolo, Frou Frou, Mimi, Yvette and Nicolette. Everyone works very hard at being gay, but somehow this Merry Widow is not always as lighthearted...